Airforce Delta Strike
Airforce Delta Strike, known as Airforce Delta: Blue Wing Knights in Japan and Deadly Skies III in Europe, is the third installment in the Konami Airforce Delta series. It was released in 2004 exclusively on the PlayStation 2. It plays very similarly to the previous Airforce Delta games.
Also recorded as Airforce Delta: Blue Wing Knights · Deadly Skies III
Airforce Delta Strike
- Model
- Airforce Delta
- Date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Konami
- Genre
- crossover fiction · combat flight simulator game
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Airforce Delta Strike, known as Airforce Delta: Blue Wing Knights in Japan and Deadly Skies III in Europe, is the third installment in the Konami Airforce Delta series. It was released in 2004 exclusively on the PlayStation 2. It plays very similarly to the previous Airforce Delta games.
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Key facts
• Title — Airforce Delta Strike • Developer — Konami Computer Entertainment Studios • Publisher — Konami • Series — Airforce Delta • Artist — Jun Tsukasa • Genre — Flight simulator • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — PlayStation 2
Story
Story
The game plot occurs in an unspecified time in the future, featuring sci-fi weapons, planes and environments. When OCC (Orbital Citizen Community), a space colony set on Earth's orbit, rebels and launches an invasion of Earth, EDAF (Earth Defense Allied Forces) launches a defensive campaign. EDAF is overwhelmed by the OCC's superior weapons and numbers early in the war, losing a majority of its conventional forces and is forced to enlist any militia forces to help, including the Delta Squadron, an ill-famed aerial strike group known as a "dumping ground" for disgraced or misfit pilots. Despite their differences, Delta Squadron's efforts allow the EDAF to turn the tide and liberate portions of Earth occupied by the OCC, earning them the attention and rivalry of the OCC's elite experimental squadron. As the tide starts to turn and as the Earth forces advance, they find out that OCC is not the major threat - an organization from Mars is planning to destroy Earth with the help of the orbital colony.
Gameplay
Gameplay
AFDS features a large selection of planes to choose from and a series of missions to play through. However, unlike the previous installments, AFDS features an all new cast of anime-style characters illustrated by Jun Tsukasa. Some can be played as and others are just for support. Each character has a unique selection of planes to fly and has a different branch of missions to complete. Completion of some missions unlocks secret missions and hidden planes for replays. After the game is once completed, a secret hangar becomes available. As the game is completed and medals are earned, more secret planes become available.
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Airforce Delta Strike is associated with Japan.
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Reception
The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one seven, two eights, and one six for a total of 29 out of 40. Henry Ernst of GamePro Germany criticised that the game does not make fun and that the "multi-million dollar jet handles like a wild goose that has had a load of buckshot thrown at it in the belly - extremely reluctantly." Atomic Dawg of the U.S. version of GamePro, however, said, "The visuals are sharp and clean all around, and the game features plenty of slick aircraft shots and beautiful skylines."
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- 1.KONAMI SHIPS AIRFORCE DELTA STRIKE FOR PLAYSTATION®2. Konami. February 3, 2004.
- 2.Fandom. AirForce Delta Strike. Metacritic.
- 3.theGlobe.com. Review: Airforce Delta Strike. Computer Games Magazine. 163. 11. June 2004.
- 4.Boyer, Crispin. AirForce Delta Strike. Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis. 176. 115. March 2004.
- 5.Enterbrain. エアフォースデルタ ブルーウイングナイツ. Famitsu. 791. February 13, 2004.
- 6.Reiner, Andrew. Air Force Delta Strike. Game Informer. GameStop. 130. 97. February 2004.
- 7.Davis, Ryan. AirForce Delta Strike Review. GameSpot. Fandom. February 4, 2004.
- 8.Schiaparelli, Frank. GameSpy: AirForce Delta Strike. GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. February 16, 2004.
- 9.The Bearer. Airforce Delta Strike - PS2 - Review. GameZone. February 13, 2004.
- 10.Dunham, Jeremy. AirForce Delta Strike. IGN. Ziff Davis. February 2, 2004.
- 11.Rybicki, Joe. AirForce Delta Strike. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Ziff Davis. 78. 98. March 2004.
- 12.Speer, Justin. 'AirForce Delta Strike' (PS2) Review. X-Play. TechTV. January 28, 2004.
- 13.PastGaming - Archiv. Gamepro 06/2004 - Testcheck. YouTube. Google. April 11, 2015.
- 14.Atomic Dawg. AirForce Delta Strike. GamePro. IDG. 186. 65. March 2004.
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